[Sigia-l] Taxonomists vs. information architects

[Art Ignacio]

Great responses to this posting. Maybe a pragmatic view to round things out
a bit. I gathered and organized Silicon Valley job postings that contained
"Information Architect" in the title over six months. Taxonomy was always
listed.

http://www.info-design.com/ID/InformationArchitect.htm

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Arthur Ignacio Consulting

> One of our members recently asked me whether taxonomists and information
> architects (IA's) do the same kind of work. In her experience, taxonomists
> develop linguistic tools and IA's apply them to Web sites. But is this
true
> in other companies? Does the work of taxonomists and IA's overlap, and if
so
> how? We might also ask where does the enterprise architect or knowledge
> base editor fit in?
>
> If you are performing in any of these roles - taxonomist, information
> architect, enterprise architect, knowledge base editor - I would like to
> hear about what you do and how your work relates to these other jobs. Your
> remarks can be "off the record," and you can remain anonymous if we use
> anything you say for a future article for the Montague Institute Review.
>
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> Jean Graef
> The Montague Institute
> jean.graef at montague.com
> www.montague.com
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